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AcRONYCTA tridens, Scliijf. — I know little of the distribution 

 of this species, as I am unwilling to record reputed captures of 

 the imago. " Dublin and Galway " {B.) ; larvae at Inishowen 

 and Donegal (IF. E. H.) ; Mr. Paiss reports it from near Sligo ; 

 and at Banagher, King's Co., I took an imago probably of this 

 species. It must be rare in Ireland, as I have never beaten the 

 larvffi. 



AcRONYCTA psi, L.— Everywhere abundant in the pale typical 

 form. I have seen no suffused Irish specimens. 



AcRONYCTA leporina, L. — I kuow of uo captures of this insect 

 in the northern half of Ireland. I have taken it at Howth, Co. 

 Dublin, and Mr. Fitzgibbon the larvie ; Mr. Birchall records it 

 from Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow ; and Co. Kerry, where I have 

 met with it at Killarney, and Miss Vernon near Kenmare. One 

 at Waterford ; Co. Galway, Clonbrock, abundant {II. E. D.) ; and 

 one at Dalyston, near Loughrea. All Irish examples that I have 

 seen are the typical form with white ground, except one I took at 

 Killarney, which has the outer margin suffused, and is repre- 

 sented by the third figure in Newman's ' British Moths,' but 

 with paler shadings. 



AcRONYCTA aceris, L. — Co. Galway, Glaring Bridge {B.), and 

 one near Ahascragh {B.E. D.). Mr. Donovan sent me some 

 pupie from Glandore, Co. Cork, which he attributed to this spe- 

 cies, but they did not produce imagines. 



AcRONYCTA megacephala, Fb. — Decidedly scarce in Ireland. 

 Bare in Co. Down (ir.) ; Co. Monaghan, one near Favour 

 Boyal; Co. Wicklow and Co. Dublin, one {Greene), and several 

 at Howth (6f. V. H.) ; Co. Galway, Clonbrock, two {R. E. D.) ; 

 Co. AVestmeath, Killynon, one {Miss li.). 



AcRONYCTA alni, L. — " Powerscoui't, Co. Wicklow, one " {B.) ; 

 and there is a tradition that one was taken on the walls of 

 Trinity College, Dublin, many years ago, by Mr. Holt ; but I 

 failed to find the specimen in his collection. 



AcRONYCTA LiGUSTRi, Fh. — The Irish head-quarters of this 

 insect seems to be the Co. Galway, where it was taken in Con- 

 nemara by the Hon. Miss Lawless, Clariug Bridge {B.), Clon- 

 brock, m some numbers {li.E.D.), and at Merlin Park by myself, 



AcRONYCTA RUMicis, L. — Universally distributed throughout 

 Ireland. The var. salicis, Curt., also occurs in widely separated 

 localities, together with the type, which graduates from a very 

 pale form almost as ashy grey as memjaiithidis, with most of the 

 typical dark markings obsolete, to the dark brown salicis, two 

 specimens of which I have from Glandore, Co. Cork, in which 

 the only pale marks are a small lunular anal spot, a trace of a 



